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Hong Kong - Export requirements for fish and seafood

Eligible/Ineligible product

Eligible

Product specifications

Maximum levels of chemical contaminants

Inorganic Arsenic:

Aquatic animals, other than fish: 0.5 mg/kg Footnote 2 Footnote 3 Footnote 4 Footnote 5
Fish: 0.1 mg/kg Footnote 1
Fish oil: 0.1 mg/kg
Seaweed: 1 mg/kg

Antimony:

Fish: 1 mg/kg Footnote 1
Crab, prawns and shrimps: 1 mg/kg Footnote 2
Oysters: 1 mg/kg

Cadmium:

Fish: 0.1 mg/kg Footnote 1
Crustaceans: 2 mg/kg Footnote 2
Bivalve molluscs: 2 mg/kgFootnote 4
Cephalopods: 2 mg/kg Footnote 3
Gastropods: 2 mg/kg Footnote 6

Chromium:

Fish: 1 mg/kg Footnote 1
Crab, prawns and shrimps: 1 mg/kg Footnote 2
Oysters: 1 mg/kg

Mercury (methyl-mercury):

Fish: 0.5 mg/kg Footnote 1

Mercury (total mercury):

Aquatic animals, other than fish: 0.5 mg/kg Footnote 2 Footnote 3 Footnote 4 Footnote 5

Lead:

Aquatic animals, other than fish, crustaceans and bivalve molluscs: 1.0 mg/kg Footnote 5 Footnote 6
Fish: 0.3 mg/kg Footnote 1
Crustaceans: 0.5 mg/kg Footnote 2
Bivalve molluscs: 1.5 mg/kg Footnote 4

Tin:

Canned foods, other than canned beverages 250

Production controls and inspection requirements

Storage and transportation requirements for seal meat

Documentation requirements

Certificate

Other information

Further information on import requirements can be obtained from the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Centre for Food Safety.

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